Love
Book V, 7
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Dear lamp, thrice Heraclea here present swore by thee to come and cometh not. Lamp, if thou art a god, take vengeance on the deceitful girlk When she has a friend at home and is sporting with him, go out, and give them no more light.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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